''Kerri-Anne'' was an Australian morning television program shown on the
Nine Network
The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television netw ...
, hosted by
Kerri-Anne Kennerley
Kerri-Anne Kennerley (née Wright; born 22 September 1953) is an Australian television and radio presenter, actress and singer. She has more than 50 years in the industry, and is an inductee into the Logie Hall of Fame. Kennerley was a co-host ...
. It was broadcast on weekdays at 9am for two hours. The final episode of the series was on 25 November 2011. It was replaced by ''
Today Extra
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'', hosted by
Sonia Kruger
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and
David Campbell.
History
The program debuted on 28 October 2002 on the Nine Network to compete against
Network Ten
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's ''
Good Morning Australia'' with
Bert Newton
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. The show began as a one-hour program from 9:30 to 10:30 am five days a week.
In the program's second season in 2003, the show progressed to an hour and a half from 9:30 to 11:00am. After the network's decision to rest ''
Here's Humphrey
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It features an anthropomorphic brown bear character (a p ...
'', which had been broadcast since 1965, the show began its third season as a two-hour program from 9:00 to 11:00am.
''Mornings'' proved to be a success against ''Good Morning Australia'' and, by the end of 2005, Newton announced that he would be returning to the Nine Network. As a result, Network Ten cancelled the program and replaced it with ''
9am with David & Kim
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'' at the start of the
2006 television season. The
Seven Network
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saw the success that its competitors were having with the morning show format and created ''
The Morning Show'' which began in June 2007. This meant that all three commercial stations from 9:00 to 11:00am now have their own morning show.
However, this changed in 2010, when ''Kerri-Anne'' was up against only the Seven Network's ''The Morning Show'' for the first hour after a re-shuffle of Network Ten's programming. Network Ten's programing shift came after ''9am with David and Kim'' was axed and replaced by ''
Ten Morning News'' at 9am, followed by its new morning show, ''
The Circle'' at 10am.
The program covered a variety of issues and had interviews, music, lifestyle and societal commentary. Jamie Malcolm often appeared on the show, presenting some of the infotainments and as a sidekick to Kennerley. ''
Nine News
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'' updates were presented by
Wendy Kingston
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Kingston was previously a presenter of '' Nine Afternoon News Queensland'', as well as other national bulletins from Sydney.
Career
Kingston's media ...
(Monday-Thursday) and
Deborah Knight
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Knight is currently a radio presenter on 2GB and host of '' A Current Affair'' on Friday and Saturday. Previously she has been a c ...
(Friday) throughout the program.
In 2010, the Nine Network announced that the show would be renamed from ''Mornings with Kerri-Anne'' to just ''Kerri-Anne'' as part of the show's makeover. The makeover consisted of a brand new set, new graphics and more variety within the program, consisting of more news and entertainment. Kerri Elstub, formerly the producer for Nine's breakfast TV program, ''
Weekend Today
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'', took over as producer. This shift also had the program share the studio with ''Today''. In February 2010, it was announced that a highlight show would be ahown on Saturdays from 9 to 10am.
Amanda Keller
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, Brendan Jones,
Catriona Rowntree
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,
Sophie Falkiner
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,
Nicky Buckley
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Buckley became ...
,
Shelley Craft
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,
Mia Freedman
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,
Livinia Nixon
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, Jamie Malcolm and
Steven Jacobs filled in for Kennerley when she was sick or away.
A year later there were rumours swirling that the Nine Network was looking to replace Kennerley in the timeslot, with speculation that
Ita Buttrose
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She was the founding editor of ''Cleo'', a ...
,
Lisa Wilkinson
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Wilkinson currently narrates '' Ambulance Australia'' and has previously co-hosted the Nine Network's breakfast television program, ''Today,'' with K ...
and Catriona Rowntree would replace her. There was also further speculation that the show would introduce a new co-host for Kennerley amid other format changes following confirmation that Nine had registered ''Mornings'' with IP Australia. It was later confirmed by the Nine Network that the program would be ending after 9 years with Kennerley to be replaced by Sonia Kruger in a new refreshed program. On 25 November 2011, the final edition of ''Kerri-Anne'' was broadcast. The final broadcast included appearances by regulars including veterinarian Dr. Michael Archinal, ''No Junk Mail'' regulars Brendan Jones and celebrity hairdresser Joh Bailey amongst others. There was also farewell messages from Nine Network personalities as well as a look back at the best moments from across nine years of the program. The broadcast ended surrounded by a balloon filled set featuring a tv shaped cake with Kennerley thanking and bidding farewell to the viewers after nine years also adding that she would be returning to media in the future. A ''best of'' highlights show was broadcast over the December/January period. The highlights show concluded on 3 February 2012, with replacement program ''
Mornings'' hosted by
Sonia Kruger
Sonia Melissa Kruger (born 28 August 1965) is an Australian television presenter and media personality, who has been a prominent figure in the media for over 20 years. Kruger is currently the host of '' Big Brother Australia'' and a presenter o ...
and
David Campbell premiering on Monday 6 February 2012.
Segments
''Kerri-Anne'' included a mix of lifestyle, cooking and interview segments along with advertorials and was presented in front of a live studio audience in Melbourne. The advertorials were for products from home-shopping companies such as Danoz Direct and Global Shop Direct and were presented by Roz Switzer, Jamie Malcolm and Paul Hancock.
* Celebrity and Hollywood entertainment news with Lucy Chesterton
* Cooking with various chefs everyday
* Current affairs with various commentators
* Movie and DVD reviews with Andrew Mercado
* Diet and nutrition with Dr Joanna McMillan
* Health and fitness with Amelia Burton
* Technology with Stephen Fenech
* IT with Charlie Brown
* Health with Dr Ric Gordon
* No Junk Male with Brendan Jones, Joh Bailey, Geoff Field and Ray Chesterton
* Pets with Dr Michael Archinal
* ''Nine News'' updates
Summer time
During the summer non-ratings period from December to January, a pre-recorded highlands show was broadcast, showing notable segments from the year past. Advertorials were still shown.
See also
*
List of programs broadcast by Nine Network
The following list of programs are currently broadcast by the Nine Network / 9HD, 9Go!, 9Gem, 9Life and 9Rush as well as their regional affiliates, including WIN, NBN and Imparja as well as catch-up service 9Now. Some affiliate stations ...
*
List of Australian television series
Future shows
Seven
* ''The 1% Club'' (Seven Network game show 2023–)
* ''Apartment Rules'' (Seven Network reality 2023–)
* '' Animals Aboard with Dr Harry'' (Seven Network reality 2023–)
* ''Armchair Experts'' (Seven Network sports ...
*
List of longest-running Australian television series
References
External links
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2002 Australian television series debuts
2011 Australian television series endings
Australian variety television shows
English-language television shows
Television shows set in Sydney